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C. L. BARRITT.

Harvester Rake.

No. 77,244. Patented Aoril 28. 1868.

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IMPROVEMENT IN HARVBSTER-RAKES.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, CHARLES L. BARRITI, of Richland, in the county of Kalamazoo, and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Automatic Rakes for Harvesters; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being bad to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which Figure l is a perspective view. i l i I Figure 2 is a partial plane view. I

Similar letters of reference'indieatescorresponding parts in both figures. My improvement relates to that class of rakes that by an intermitting or continuous vibratory motion,

back and forth, rake off thecut grain automatically from the segmental platform of a reaping-machine, and

deposit it in gavels, by a side delivery, at the tail-end, in a state convenient for binding; and the better to enable others skilled in the' art to construct my invention, I will now proceed, with the aid of the letters of reference, as'seen in the drawings, to describe'the same. Y

i A represents the segmental platform, and B the finger-bar ofa reaper. To the side of the reaper-frame (not seen) furthest from the platform, I connect firmly, in any suitable manner, a bar-frame, C, of any proper material, so as to project horizontally behind said reaper-frame, and in line with it or not, as circumstances may require, said bar or frame being designed to suppcrt'the platform, alsothe rake and devices for operating it. Two pulleys of suitable size, marked, respectively, P P, are pivoted, as seen, to the upper side of the frame aforesaid, and are connected by a belt or chain, 1), passing around them; if by the latter, the pulleys should be grooved to receive it. 4 p

A vibrating slotted radius-bar, E, is-pivoted through a side ear at a, to the frame, the slotted portion resting upon and traversing the face of the pulley P, while the other part extends to and across the platform,but at a suflieient height above-it to clear-all cut grain on it. A stud-pimp, inserted near the periphery of the pulley P, passes through the slot in the radius-bar, which, as the pulley revolves, communicates a vibratory" motionto'the radius-bar and connected rake. The pin 1) should have an overlapping head, to prevent the lifting of that end of the bar, and the slot may be straight or cam-shaped, as in the drawing, as experience may determine. I v

I-eonnect the rake R by two or more rods, j, of suitable form and size, to a rocking-shaft, F, which shaft is hung in bearings, 6, to the radius-bar, above and parallel with that portion extending across the platform.

I elevate the rake, atthe commencement of the return stroke, by the means of an arm'hook, H, connected firmly to the frame 0, operated by the aid of a spring-catch red, I, the lower end of which ispivoted in an angular mortise in the rocking-shaft, sethata simple bent spring, as at s, or any other light spring-devicewhich may be suitable, will throw the said catch-rod behind a retaining-lip, z,-on the hook.

When necessary to press a light'rake down to the platform, I usually employ a wire spring, 8', coiledaround the rocking-shaft, and attached below to the radius-bar. A I

I have. not exhibited in the drawings any mode of driving the pulley P from the.reaper,'or of suspending or intermitting the vibration of the rake, for the reason that they are not necessarily connected with'the subjectmatter of my invention; -but I will say here, that I generally gear said pulley to a loose bevel-wheel on the reaper-axle, and lock or' unlock it with said axle, at the pleasure of the driver, by a clutch, as usual in such cases. I v

The operation is as follows: The teeth of the rake being down on the platform at the commencement of the raking-stroke, as the pulley P rotates, its stud-pin p, traversing the slot in the radius-bar, causes said bar and its rake to vibrate in a circular path, sufiiciently to just rake off the cut grain, and deposit it by a side delivery on the ground. i I I I i As the rake approaches the end of this vibration, the lower portion of the spring-catch rod I impinges against the face of the hook, so as to force back the rod, which, as it rubs pa'st, springs back behind the retaining-lipz'of 'saidhook in snch manner thnt on the return ribr ationit turns the roek ing shaft and elevotes the rake, keeping it so elevated, in. the manner ne clen'rly seen in fig. 1, until the end of the stroke, when the catch-rod is drawn away from under the hook-arm, and the rake falls to its first position. V

I do not claim vibrating the radius-bar by means of the pulley, pin, and slot; but, havingdescribed my invention, e

What I claim as new, and deeire to secure by Lettefs Patent, is- V 1. The arrangement and combination of the drivingpulleyP', or equivalent gear-wheel, stud-pin p, and

BlOlStGdIfadiHS-bEfE, with the-rocking shaft F, andt-eonnected rolke R, enbstantially'ols 'and-fo'rthe purpose herein described.v l J 2. I claim the stationary arm-hook H, in' combination with the springcntch rod I, when connected 'and arranged relatively with the rocking-shaft, slotted radius-bar, and frame nfoi'esziidg for the elevation of the rake 'duringitsjeturn stroke, substantially in the manner as set forth.

' CHARLES. LQBARRI'TT;

Witnesses:

WILL. R. Ln'wrs, OTTO L. Jonnson. 

